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October 01, 2020 Robin's Nest President's Column - October 2020 Can You Feel It? I look forward to a lot of things at this time of year, simmering soup on the stove, comfy sweaters, walking in the park, looking at all the changing leaves, and convention!
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September 29, 2020 AMSN Supports Allocating COVID-19 Vaccines Wisely

COVID-19 vaccines should be allocated first to health care professionals and support personnel close to patients and at risk of catching the novel coronavirus disease, AMSN wrote Sept. 4 to the National Academy of Science in response to its draft framework on mass vaccination processes.

AMSN’s letter added that government and industry should make use of national nursing organizations like AMSN to disseminate evidence-based guidance on COVID-19 vaccination.

September 29, 2020 AMSN Supports Allocating COVID-19 Vaccines Wisely From the AMSN Advocate - September 2020
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September 28, 2020 Federal Funding For Key Amsn Priorities Will Be Level As The New Fiscal Year Starts Oct. 1

Federal funding for key AMSN priorities will be level as the new fiscal year starts Oct. 1

Congress, at press time, was completing work on “continuing resolution” legislation keeping Uncle Sam open through Dec. 11.

AMSN supported the House passing increases for Title 8 nurse workforce development, the National Institute of Nursing Research, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality late this summer. But the Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill carrying these priorities was not taken up by the Senate.

September 28, 2020 Federal Funding For Key AMSN Priorities Will Be Level As The New Fiscal Year Starts Oct. 1 From the AMSN Advocate - September 2020
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September 27, 2020 AMSN’s First-Ever Legislative Virtual Fly-In to the U.S. Capitol

AMSN’s first-ever Legislative Virtual Fly-in to the U.S. Capitol was a success and hundreds of AMSN members were a part of it!

September 27, 2020 AMSN Urges Congress to Restore & Strengthen National PPE and N95 Mask Supply Stockpile

AMSN Urges Congress to Restore & Strengthen National PPE and N95 Mask Supply Stockpile

Congress was preparing to go home for the stretch run to the November elections without passing additional COVID relief legislation since last March.

Through its Legislative Virtual Fly-in, AMSN had urged Congress to restore and strengthen the National Stockpile with PPE including N95 mask supplies, and to expand mental health resources needed to help patients and caregivers alike.

September 27, 2020 AMSN’s First-Ever Legislative Virtual Fly-In to the U.S. Capitol From the AMSN Advocate - September 2020. AMSN’s first-ever Legislative Virtual Fly-in to the U.S. Capitol was a success and hundreds of AMSN members were a part of it!
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September 27, 2020 AMSN Urges Congress to Restore & Strengthen National PPE & N95 Mask Supply Stockpile From the AMSN Advocate - September 2020
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September 21, 2020 It’s That Time of Year Vaccinate It's that time of year again… Yes, clocks turn back for some of us and Halloween, Autumn and football are all something many of us look forward to. What we don't look forward to at this time of the year is influenza.
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